Comments on: All You Need to Know about Bad Habits

By: dwatson425

dwatson425 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:44:12 +0000

Wow, as usual David Rogers has done a great job of pointing out the obvious. If you want great self-esteem, you just can't go around with a bunch of bad habits. Likewise, you must replace them with good ones so you will feel better both about being better and eliminating the negative.

By: dwatson425

dwatson425 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:44:12 +0000

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By: Everything Counts

Everything Counts — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:21:05 +0000

Some very good and effective points expressed. Thanks to all for sharing the same.

By: Omar

Omar — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:36:18 +0000

It’s the tiny voice in my head that tells me to do things that I shouldn’t. I succeed by distracting myself with goals and other things. But I’m human so I sometimes fail. It’s a mental battle. The test of wills.

By: Linda Davis

Linda Davis — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:36:02 +0000

Good post, David. I agree that in order to build your self-confidence, start taking yourself mentally out of your habitual mindset. Change your attitude that contributes to your self-confidence issues and reframe your daily activities.
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By: becky grant

becky grant — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:00:10 +0000

You touch on such a touchy subject.

I’ve had so many problems with my self-esteem that it nearly ruined me for good. I think that it plays a big role in my confidence. I know everyone has something they would like to change about themselves but for me, it’s a major issue. It’s costed me jobs and more importantly friends.

You have some really good tips here, I will try to follow through on them.

So thank you very much for giving me a bit more inspiration.

-Becky

By: Micah

Micah — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:09:40 +0000

Great post! This is very helpful. I’m sure I’d visit your site more often. Thanks!
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By: David

David — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:05:14 +0000

Thanks for your comments.
There are many ways to build confidence apart from “programs” – check out the “confidence exercises” category for some ideas.
Donna – I agree on your point that many bad habits revolve around not feeling great emotionally. “Comfort eating” is something many of us (myself included) have slipped into at times.To me, the long term answer is to tackle any underlying issues such as low self esteem and take a separate, sensible approach to what you eat.
Personally I think adopting a raw diet is a bizarre and unhealthy choice – but if it works for you, good luck to you!

By: Donna | Healthy Recipes

Donna | Healthy Recipes — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:31:07 +0000

Great post. I can totally believe that statistic that 85% of what we do, we do unconsciously.

As funny as it may sound I’ve found an incredible difference when I eat really healthy, which for me is eating a high raw diet (85% of my diet is raw and living foods). It has a profound effect on my body, mind and self-esteem. I find I’m more settled and conscious, my mind is much sharper, so I’m aware when I start slipping into a bad habit. But I also need less. I need less food for one, because I’m getting more nutritionally from the food I’m eating, but it extends to other areas of my life too. For me, many of my bad habits seem to revolve around not feeling great emotionally, and the bad habits I think are an attempt to suppress what I’m feeling.

I have read that a lot of people who overeat, and eat really poor diets use food to suppress their emotions. Even though I don’t overeat, food really does affect me emotionally. I’ve been a vegetarian for most of my life, and eat a much healthier diet than most people in Western cultures. Even so, eating lots of traditional cooked foods, junk food and processed foods (yes there is lots of ‘healthy’ junk food out there), all really deaden me emotionally – but they end up making me feel worse. When I eat clean, raw, organically grown and freshly picked foods I feel alive, happy, depression disappears, my self-esteem improves. For me there is a very strong connection between self-confidence, and self-improvement in general, and what I eat.
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